The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-12-02
wATERY GRAyES


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oailsd from Rotterdam for Ssv Y01
e1ciock eAnt night wish - steamer Rosa
Mary. and sank almost inmsdiatsly. h
0cho11sn lad On board. passeacers and
crew 20 he number a 50. ana a thsss
ely ninsey ars nown % have bssa
oave1 OF the rsmaining 10 twenty.
osvsn have bssn LANDED q DIVER dead.
and fears are entcreainsd that he others
we're lost. though to- a. them may hsve
ben picked up b. passing vessei< A.
econ - ths news a. the disaster reached
Dover vessels were ssnt % the rssco<, bos
q does not - yet appear tha4 with the ex-
ception o. the ninety psr>cns rcscned and
brcuxhs here bv tn steamer Edre, any
lives have been saved
The steamer Rosa Mary II lying On
Rams<afe with her bows badly stove and
Der thinkers strained The heads q the
Scholars uasf< are visible above the
water from the Dover pier A dense fog
prevailed when the collision occurred and
the Schoitcn va< moving a. half speed
No warning q the collision Was given.
the Sudden shock q the contact On the
port bow having been the first animation
% the cfficers Of ths Dutch sseam OF the
proximity o. another vessel The c<icers
Of the Scholsen deny that the passengers
On board the steamer we're in bed hut il =
the fact. nevertheless. that most q them
rushed upon the deck in their night
clothes Immediately after the collision
As soon - the extent Of the damage
90 the vessel uAs ascsrtained the O. Ter
was given 60 lower the boats The ship
carried fre boats, but only two Of them
were available. the other three being IN
-
lowered. and AZ the same time il Vas re-
ported on deck that the ship Vas making
water rapidly and must soon 20 down
The scenes which followed this announce
ment we're terrible beyond description
ehrieks. payers. gr0ans and curses min
gled with the hoar<s voices o. oc;cers Civ
ding orders, and the cries q children
clinging 70 their mother skirts rendered
still more hearfrendin< the terror-lAden
shrieks q the latter. The ocirsrs dis
played admirable coolne<<- and remained
On the bridge and sf ether points Of duty
until the last several Of them, being pro
vided with life belts. remaining until the
vessel settled. and leaping into the SEA q
she went down
WitAin twenty minutes after the tro
ships came together the Scholten Was az
the bottom OF the channel All o. the
passengers and crew who had been fort
uEate enough 70 procure life belts foated
and were picked up BY the Edre's boats
which cruised around until four o'clock in
the morning There i scarcely one among
the rescued who dos not mourn the loss
Of : wife. husband brother. sister or
child. and in some cases only one member
Of large family il found 20 have been
saved The survivors were supplied with
clothing BY the officers and crew Of the
Edre rs Tar ~ possible. and additional
garments were furnished 20 the unfortu-
mates UPON their arrival a. Dover.
There i considerable discrepancy b.
tween the statements Of the passengers
and those Of the o<icers q the Scholfen-
o there i also between the latter and the
o(zcers q the Rosa Mary The cheers Of
the Rosa Mary declare that their vessel
was lying n anchor when struck b. the
ech0ltsn- while the second mate Of the
latter nrous that he was On deck when
the collision occurred and saw the Rosa
Mary come through the fog and strike the
6choiten in the fore rigging The captain
of the Rosa Mary corr0borates the state
ment Of his O<icers. sfoutiy declaring the
counter statements Of the Schoiten's on
Gers % b incorrect The Rosa Mary. BE-
seTs. was anchored just southeast o. sand
Head when the Sch0lren struck her. Find
ing that his vessel was considerably dam
aged he made for Dover Roads. where be
dropped anchor and made suitable prori-
sions for keeping the ship afoas. being
still unaware Of the full extent Of her in
Jury
Mr.. George Appleby. q ysvcassIe-ou-
Tyne. . survivor q the W. A. scho,ten.
ssys that among the English passengers
On board the lost steamer there was but /
one LADY. = Miss Cod .We were unable
% embark IN the boats-~ he SAYS. and
were COMPELLED 70 have recourse 20 the life
b lfs. q which IL seems there Was insult
Gent 70 70 around When the ship vent
down those Who we're fortunate enough
% get belts jumped into the sea and kept
. close together - possible Although
nm not able % swim lad no difficulty
in floating with the Others and was very
little the worse for my ducking when
picked up Several persons near ne
succeeded in buoying I'D Others who
were not belf<d until help came The
scene on the deck q the Schclten after the
collision was most horrible. and ,ne that
shall never forget When tbs Eire ap-
preached she threw cut line. and % this
q many of n chung as cold reach n until
the vessels boat rescued Us With two o.
three exceptions % fnr - know, every
person vino failed % secure = belt uas
lost. and great many q the passenger
must have been drowned in their berthA
The officers and crew q the Edre can not
b. too highly praised for the bravery. skill
and kindness they exhibited
OF the tuenrt-seven dead bodies brought
g Dover the following have been identi-
fei. Passenxers-JLhn Koeuie. B1rstif
Friedman Mrs. Lnbenxtein. solomon
GOLDSMITH and Henry Blanc OF the crew.
Peter steEb=rr. chief mate: the chief
sfewardess, second steward and second
mate Dunfe-
Following IRE the names Of the survivors
landed Il Dover By the Edre thus far Oh
e. neds
Pas<enxsrs-Sarah Suksrnan. Caroline
Muller. Carl Mailer. Scot CatseiIns. Fr-d
Etepney,- Sara Gold NARA Sselser, 4.
Robinsoi- vandam Foeyhrum. Ccnit-
Iohan Rinderhan, Reich Bronhof. Al
bert Hensler, Nsdeiena Simiet, Anna
Konix. C. n. Andesrtie, Jndi Levens,
II Pasfnor. :. wiinie. Y. So<ky. + Alsper,
4 Abbot r. S1scariah, Charles Niles. =
y. Berzstein, O. Aprisby, Pekel schat-
meiier, r. Wilma Francois Reifer. Z.
Cerunx, G. Te<ke, Meyer Scksisneider. l.
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